Swtyblz Encodes -

BLASTx translates the nucleotide sequence in all six reading frames and compares the resulting protein sequences to the NCBI non-redundant (nr) database. This bypasses the corrupted identifier and asks: does this sequence encode a known protein domain?

function decode(s):
  s = s.strip().replace("_","")  // remove padding
  values = [alphabet.index(ch.upper()) for ch in s]
  bitbuf = concatenate 5-bit values (MSB-first)
  bytes = take 8-bit groups from bitbuf
  if checksum_enabled:
    verify checksum
  return bytes

function encode(bytes):
  bitbuf = concatenate bits of bytes (MSB-first)
  out = ""
  while bits remain:
    take next 5 bits (pad with 0s if needed)
    out += alphabet[value]
  if padding_enabled:
    while len(out) % 8 != 0: out += "_"
  if checksum_enabled:
    cs = checksum_of_5bit_groups(...)
    out += alphabet[cs]
  return out